66-year-old accused – attempted murder trial after knife attack on wife

The motive is said to have been an argument with his father-in-law, and the result was a knife attack on his own wife. A 66-year-old will have to answer for this in the Wels regional court on Thursday. The prosecution accuses him of attempted murder.

Because he is said to have tried to kill his wife with a knife in Laakirchen in the Gmunden district at the end of October, a 66-year-old must answer for attempted murder before a jury in Wels on Thursday. He confessed in his interviews. Dispute with father-in-law The crime was preceded by a dispute between the man and his father-in-law. His wife is said to have asked him to resolve the conflict, otherwise he could move out of their shared apartment. The 66-year-old then first threatened suicide and then injured his wife with a kitchen knife, according to the accusation. But she managed to call her brother, who then alerted the emergency services. The “Krone” reports on the trial.
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